University of the State of New York 


State Library Bulletin 

HISTORY No. 3 

June 1899 


ANNOTATED LIST 

OF THE 

PRINCIPAL MANUSCRIPTS 

IN THE 

NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY 


Annotated list of manuscripts.. 

Partial bibliography of matter relating to the manuscripts 
Index . 


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REGENTS 


1874 Anson Judd Upson, D. D. LL. D. L. H. D. 

Chancellor , Glens Falls 

1892 William Croswell Doane, D. D. LL. D. 

Vice-Chancellor, Albany 

1873 Martin I. Townsend, M. A. LL. D. Troy 

1877 Chauncey M. Depew, LL. D. New York 

1877 Charles E. Fitch, LL. B. M. A. L. H. D. - Rochester 

1877 Orris H. Warren, D. D. - - - - - Syracuse 

1878 Whitelaw Reid, LL. D. - New York 

1881 William H. Watson, M. A. M. D. - - - Utica 

1881 Henry E. Turner _____ Lowville 

1883 St Clair McKelway, LL. D. L. H. D. D. C. L. - Brooklyn 
1885 Hamilton Harris, Ph. D. LL. D. - - - Albany 

1885 Daniel Beach, Ph. D. LL. D. - - - - Watkins 

1888 Carroll E. Smith, LL. D. - - - - Syracuse 

1890 Pliny T. Sexton, LL. D. - - - - - Palmyra 

1890 T. Guilford Smith, M. A. C. E. LL. D. - Buffalo 

1893 Lewis .A. Stimson, B. A. M. D. - - - - New York 

1894 Sylvester Malone _____ Brooklyn 

1895 Albert Vander Veer, M. D. Ph. D. - - - Albany 

1895 Charles R. Skinner, M. A. LL. D. 

Superintendent of Public Instruction, ex officio 
1897 Chester S. Lord, M. A. LL. D. - Brooklyn 

1897 Timothy L. Woodruff, M. A. Lieutenant-Governor, ex officio 
1899 Theodore Roosevelt, B. A. Governor, ex officio 
1899 John T. McDonough, LL. B. Secretary of State, ex officio 


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Melvil Dewey, M. A. 

DIRECTORS OF DEPARTMENTS 

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University of the State of New York 


State Library Bulletin 

HISTORY No. 3 

June 1899 


ANNOTATED LIST OF MANUSCRIPTS 


PREFATORY NOTE 

The following list of the principal manuscripts in the New York state 
library, originally prepared by the late archivist, George R. Howell, has 
been enlarged and a partial bibliography added by Charles A. Flagg, 
sub-librarian (history) The arrangement is chronologic in the order in 
which the manuscripts were added to the library. For convenience of 
reference the different collections have been numbered consecutively and 
the titles given are those lettered on the backs of the volumes. Where 
these seem inexact or misleading, additional information is given in a 
note. In the bibliography each entry is followed by the New York state 
library call number. Volume and page numbers are separated by a 
colon; e. g. 6: 170 means vol. 6, p. 170. Special thanks are due to 
Henry Harmon Noble of the state historian’s office who kindly placed 
his valuable notes on the manuscripts at the disposal of the library as an 
aid in compiling this bulletin. 

1846 

1 Proceedings Albany committee of correspondence, 1775-78. 

2 v. 

Bought from the descendants of Matthew Visscher. 

1848 

2 Colonial laws 

Manuscript colonial laws, about 175 in number, dated 1691 to 
1725 and engrossed on large folio sheets of parchment, often several 
acts on a sheet. A list of these acts in the library in 1855 is given 
in the catalogue of the law library for that year. 








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3 Charter of Charles 2 

The original charter of the territory of New York from Charles 2 
to his brother the duke of York in 1664. This is on parchment 
framed and is 32 by 27 inches in size. 

1850 

4 Minutes of commissioners for detecting conspiracies, 1778-1781. 

2 v. 

These papers belonged to Leonard Gansevoort jr, secretary of the 
commissioners, and were given to the state library by his grandson, 
Thomas Hun, M. D. of Albany. 

5 Sir William Johnson’s mss. 26 v 

These papers cover the period from 1738 to 1790 and shed much 
light on the colonial history of the state from Albany westward 
through the Mohawk valley. The manuscripts in the first 22 vol¬ 
umes were bought by Lieut.-Gov. Tayler at the sales of confiscated 
property during the revolution, and were given to the state by John 
Tayler Cooper of Albany. These were mounted and bound under 
the supervision of E. B. O’Callaghan about 1850. 

In 1863 additional manuscripts and correspondence of Johnson 
were bought for $500. These mounted in 4 volumes were in 1867 
added to the 22 volumes already in the library, and a calendar of 
the whole set prepared and bound in one volume. 

In 1865 an index ordered by a concurrent resolution of senate and 
assembly Ap. 5, 1856, was completed. This was bound in 1870. 

These manuscripts must be distinguished from another collection 
of Sir William Johnson papers which was deposited in 7 bundles in 
the office of the secretary of state Ap. 16, 1801. Most of the latter 
are included in the volumes of “ New York colonial mss” (see 
no. 19). With a few exceptions they were printed in Docu¬ 
mentary history of the state of New York (quarto ed.) 2 : 315-583, 
with a list of missing papers 2 : 584. 

1851 

6 Rev. Dr Westerlo’s manuscripts. 9 v. 

This collection of the writings of Rev. Eilardus Westerlo in the 
Dutch and Latin languages was given to the library by Mrs Rens¬ 
selaer Westerlo. 






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1853 

7 George Clinton papers. 52 v. 

These papers contain material for a military history of the revolu¬ 
tionary war, mentioning the movements of the enemy, mostly within 
the state, and the counter movements of the patriot forces to defeat the 
plans of the British. The papers in the first 23 volumes were 
bought in 1853, the legislature, on July 21, appropriating $2500 for 
that purpose, and $500 for arranging, indexing and binding. 

In 1883 a large number of additional manuscripts was bought, 
from which v. 24-38 were calendared and bound under the super¬ 
vision of George W. Clinton, v. 39-48 are chiefly land papers 
which have been bound since as follows: 

v. 39 New York city v. 46 Delaware co. 

v. 40-42 Kayaderosseras v. 47 Various counties 

v. 43-44 Dutchess co. v. 48-49 Miscellaneous 

v. 45 Fonda and Oriskany patents v. 50-52 Deeds and maps 

For reports by George W. Clinton as editor in charge of the work 
of arranging and indexing the Clinton manuscripts, see Annual 
Report of the New York state library , 1882, 64:145-48; 1883,65: 
10-14; 1884,66:15-21; 1885, 67:19-31. For report on the Clin¬ 
ton papers by H. A. Homes, see Annual report of the New York 
state library, 1886, 68 : 11-12. 

v. 1-3 are in press as appendix N of Annual report of the state his¬ 
torian of the state of New York, 1898, v. 3. 

8 Andre' papers. 12 manuscripts 

These papers were found in Major Andre’s boots when captured 
by Paulding, Van Wart and Williams, Sep. 23, 1780, on his way 
from West Point to New York. They contain detailed information 
in regard to the forts, batteries, etc. at West Point, account of num¬ 
bers and location of its defenders, passes from Benedict Arnold, etc. 

These manuscripts were originally included in the Clinton papers 
(see no. 7) but are now mounted and framed as a separate collection. 
They are printed in B. J. Lossing, Pictorialfieldbook of the revolution, 
N. Y. 1852, 2 : 153-56; also in H. B. Dawson, Papers concerning the 
capture and detention of Major John A?idre, Yonkers 1866, p. si- 
62, and in Robert Bolton, History of the county of Westchester, 
N. Y. 1848, 1 : 215-23. 


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1856 

9 New York legislative papers. 13 v. and index 1 v. 

This is part of a collection of papers relating to academies, bridges, 
counties, courts, currency, insolvency, lands, provisions and taxes, 
1780-1803. The papers were formerly in the hands of Abraham B. 
Bancker, clerk of the senate, and were found in a farm house near 
Kingston about 1855. In 1856 the regents were directed to pro¬ 
cure and arrange them. 

1859 

10 New York legislative papers. Unbound 

These are papers which have come before the New York legisla¬ 
ture since 1778, being reports of elections, petitions of individuals, 
towns and corporations for legislative action on schools, colleges, 
railroads, canals, etc. They are in packages arranged chronologic¬ 
ally. About half the collection is stored in 450 file boxes. 

These papers have been deposited in the state library from time 
to time according to New York laws of 1859, ch. 321 § 1 as follows : 

The manuscript or printed papers of the legislature, usually termed 
“ on file ” and which have been on file for a longer period than five 
years, in the custody of the clerks of the senate and assembly, and 
all other public records of the state, not in the custody of some 
public officer, shall hereafter be placed in charge of the regents of 
the University. 

For a selection, made in 1831, of the most important papers, see 
no. 50. 

1863 

See also no. 5 under 1850 

11 New York assembly journals, 1699, 1700, 1740, 1766-7 

Title-page: “The missing journals of the New-York colonial 
assembly, 1693-1775, procured for the state of New York under an 
appropriation made by the legislature in 1863, by George Henry 
Moore, librarian of the New York historical society, N. Y. 1863.” 
$500 was appropriated for the purchase of this volume Ap. 23, 1863. 
It supplies the journals of the following sessions: Ap. 20-May 
16, 1699; July 25-Oct. 29, 1700; June 30-July 12, 1740; June 11- 
July 3,1766; Nov. 10-Dec. 19, 1766; May 27-June 6, 1767 ; Nov. 
23-24, 1767. These are wanting in Journal of the votes and pro¬ 
ceedings of the general assembly of the colony of New York began the 
gth day of April 1691 and ended the 23d of Dec. 1763, 2V., N. Y. 


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1764-66, and Journal of the votes and proceedings of the general 
assembly of the colony of New-York from 1766 to 1776, Alb. 1820. 

Assembly journals of the following dates are still wanting: 1683, 
1684, 1685, Ap. 20-29, 1692, Oct. 26-Nov. 9, 1692 and Ap. 4-10, 
1693. 

1865 

12 Emancipation proclamation 

This is the original draft of the first proclamation by Pres. 
Lincoln Sep. 22, 1862 of the emancipation of the slaves in the 
seceded states unless the said states laid down their arms within 
100 days. The manuscript was presented to the Albany relief 
bazaar in February 1864 and brought the sum of $1100 to its funds. 
It became the property of Gerrit Smith who gave it to the United 
States sanitary commission. In 1865 it was bought by vote of the 
legislature for $1000 and ordered to be deposited in the state 
library. The second proclamation actually freeing the slaves was 
burned in the great Chicago fire, October 1871. 

1868 

13 Signers of the declaration of independence 

Autograph letters or signatures of the signers of the declaration 
of independence with their portraits, originally bought for $800, but 
now with later additions, valued at $20,000. 

The material in this volume was chiefly collected by J. K. Teflt 
of Savannah, Ga. After his death the volume was sold at auction 
in New York Mar. 4, 1867 to E. French of whom it was bought by 
the state. 

1873 

14 Washington relics 

These were obtained of Mrs Lewis W. Washington, the widow 
of a grandnephew of George Washington, through a special appro¬ 
priation of $20,000, made by the legislature Ap. 26, 1871. Besides 
the dress sword given to Washington by Frederick the Great, a 
pistol from Lafayette, Washington’s watch chain and seals and his 
surveying instruments, there are three papers: First draft of the 
Farewell address; Opinion of the surviving generals of the revolution 
(printed in Magazine of American history, 1879, 3:81-88); Tabu¬ 
lated statement of household expenses in 1789. 


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This purchase included also a quarto volume of 205 leaves: 
Description of the clothing of his majesty's hands of gentlemen 
pensioners, yeomen of the guards, and regime?its of foot-guards, foot, 
marines and invalids on the establishments of Great-Britain and 
Ireland; anno 1742. 

The work, containing 101 hand-colored pictures showing the 
costume of the British regiments, was executed by order of William, 
duke of Cumberland and a few sets presented to the most illustrious 
military characters in Europe. This copy was given by the duke 
to John Pine who engraved it, and was presented by his son Robert 
Edge Pine to Gen. Washington at Philadelphia, Sep. 17, 1787. 
Only two other copies are known, one in the British museum, the 
other in the library of the Prince consort at Aldershot. 

See “List of memorial relics of George Washington, with 
descriptive notes” in Annual report of the New York state library, 
1874, 56: 139-46. 

1875 

15 Henry Stevens papers 

Among these are papers relating to the question of jurisdiction 
between this state and Vermont over Cumberland and Gloucester 
counties and the New Hampshire land grants; the Susquehanna 
lands in the western part of New York; the French and Indian 
wars of 1745-56, including the battle of Lake George; the war of 
1812;, the papers of Ethan Allen, Ira Allen and Governors Jenison 
and Tichenor; with a great variety of miscellaneous papers of a 
private nature. The collection, which is not yet arranged, was 
bought for $2000. 

1876? 

16 New York patents; original drafts. 6v. 

These patents convey land to towns and individuals from 1680 to 
1751. They were bought in London about 1876 by Dr Henry A. 
Homes. 

1878 

17 Dearborn’s mission from Mass, to the Senecas and Tuscaroras, 

1838-39. 3 v. 

Title-page reads: “Journal of a mission to the Seneca and 
Tuscarora Indians and an account of the treaties held with those 
tribes in the years 1838 and 1839 for the sale of their lands and for 


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their emigration west of the Mississippi river, by H. A. S. Dearborn, 
superintendent of Massachusetts.” 

These manuscripts were bought in Boston, October 1878, at a 
sale of the collection of J. W. Thornton for about $60. 

See H. A. Homes, Account of the manuscripts of Gen. Dearborn, 
read before the Albany institute Oct. 12th, 1880, Alb. 1881. 

1879 

18 New York, Philadelphia centennial exhibition. Register of 

visitors, 1876. yr. 

This register was transferred to the state library by the commis¬ 
sioners, May 1879. 

1881 

The following manuscripts (no. 19-70) were among those trans¬ 
ferred to the state library from the offices of the secretary of state 
and comptroller according to New York laws of 1881, ch. 120. 

No. 20-39 were in the office of the secretary of state in 1820 ; 
also the old series of Dutch records which were rebound in first 21 
volumes of no. 19, and the loose papers which were mounted to 
form v. 22-103 the same series. 

19 New York colonial mss. 103V. 

These volumes contain papers of the executive department of the 
colonial government on a great variety of topics, among which are 
records of civil suits at law involving settlement of conflicting land 
claims, criminal trials, petitions, commissions, proclamations, 
memoranda of marriage licenses, appointments to civil and military 
offices, correspondence in the Dutch period with the West India 
company and the states general of the Netherlands and with other 
American colonies, muster rolls of colonial troops previous to the 
revolutionary war, census rolls of 1698, and papers in general 
relating to cases needing governmental interference to obtain a 
peaceful settlement, all illustrating the civil and political history of 
the colony from 1638 to 1783. These manuscripts were arranged 
and bound under the supervision of E. B. O’Callaghan about 1850. 

For a list of the papers in the first 101 volumes see Calendar of his¬ 
torical manuscripts in the office of the secretary of state, Albany, N Y., 
edited by E. B. O' Callaghan, 2 V., Alb. 1865-66. This calendar 
contains: v. 1, Dutch manuscripts, v. 1-21, 1630-64; v. 2, English 


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manuscripts, v. 22-101, 1664-1776. Not included in this calendar, 
are: v. 102 and 103 of the “ New York colonial mss; ” i. e. v. 102, 
“Clinton, Jay, with New York and Massachusetts boundary papers 
v. 103, “ New York and Massachusetts boundary, concluded.” 

Dutch manuscripts, v. 1-21 

The 21 volumes of Dutch manuscripts are the official records of' 
the colony and in them were rebound 46 old volumes of Dutch 
records. For a list of these volumes see Report of the secretary of 
state relative to the records , &c. in his office , 1820. The contents of 
the 21 volumes are as follows: 

v. 1-3 Register of the provincial secretary, 1638-62 
v. 4-10 Council minutes, 1638-65 

v. 11-15 Correspondence of the director-general, 1638-55 
v. 16 Placards, writs and Fort Orange records 
v. 17 Cura5ao papers 
v. 18-21 Delaware papers 

The state library has a translation of most of the Dutch manu¬ 
scripts in these volumes by Francis A. Van der Kemp, in 24 manu¬ 
script volumes, v. 1-4 of the Dutch manuscripts were also trans¬ 
lated by E. B. O’Callaghan who also compiled an index of the first 
three volumes which was printed under title Index to volumes 1, 2 
and 3 of translations of Dutch manuscripts in the office of the secre¬ 
tary of state of the state of New York , Alb. 1870. v. 4 has a 
manuscript index. 

The ordinances and regulations of the Dutch government were 
selected and translated from the first 21 volumes by E. B. O’Cal¬ 
laghan and printed as Laws and ordinances of New Netherlands 
1638-1674, Alb. 1868. 

English manuscripts, v. 22-103 

The volumes of English manuscripts contain only the letters, 
petitions, reports, etc. which were submitted to the colonial executive. 
The official records of that branch of the government may be found 
in the volumes of “General entries,” “Council minutes,” etc. See 
no. 2i, 23. 

The 4 volumes of Documentary history of the state of New York , 
Alb. 1849-51, together with v. 12-14 of Documents relative to the 
colonial history of the state of New York, Alb. 1877-83, contain 
many documents printed from this series. 


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v. 22 of the manuscripts was printed entire in Annual report of 
the state historian of the state of New York , 1897, 2 : 133-369. 

v. 23 and 24 were printed in Annual report of the state historian , 
1898, 3: 159-435 except “ Minutes of council of the administrations 
of Commanders Evertson and Benckes and of Anthony Colve, gov¬ 
ernor of New Netherland, 1673 and 1674” (which was printed in 
Documents relative to the colonial history of the state of New York , 
2 : 569-730); and some Dutch patents, not translated. 

The muster rolls and military commissions of the colony from 
1664 down to the revolution, included in v. 22-101 of the “ New 
York colonial mss ” are printed with a complete index in Annual 
report of the state historian of the state of New York , 1897, 2 : 371- 
956; and 1898, 3: 437-898 (in press). The muster rolls of the “ old 
French war,” 1755-63, have been printed in New York historical 
society, Collections , publication fund series , 1891, v. 24. 

20 Dutch patents. 2 v. and index 1 v. 

GG, 1636-1649 
HH, 1654-1664 

Index; Account of Dutch records; alphabetical index of the two 
Dutch books of Provincial patents, GG and HH. 

Volumes GG and HH were no. 34 and 35 in a set of 48 volumes 
of Dutch records, listed in 1820 by J. V. N. Yates in Report of the 
secretary of state relative to the records , &c. in his office , 1820. 
The other 46 volumes were arranged and bound about 1850 by 
E. B. O’Callaghan as the first 21 volumes of “ New York colonial 
mss.” 

Manuscript translations of these volumes by James Van Ingen are in the 
secretary of state’s office. 

21 General entries. 4 v. and indexes 4 v. 

v. 1 General entries, 1664-65 
v. 4 “ 1671-74 

v. 32 “ 1678-80 

v. 33 Entries, 1682-83 

v. 1 has been printed by the state library as History bulletin 2. 
The preface contains a description of the volume. 

Sec last paragraph under no. 23. 

22 Court of assize, 1665-1672. iv. and index iv. 

Numbered 2. 

See last paragraph under no. 23. 


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23 Council minutes. 28 v. 

v. 3 1668-78 

v. 5-31 1683-1776 

Beginning with the first regular colonial legislature, convened in 
1691 by Gov. Sloughter, the council became a legislative body, co¬ 
ordinate with the assembly. Its legislative minutes have been 
printed as the Journal of the legislative council of the colony of New 
York begun the Qth day of Ap. 1691 and ended the yd day of Ap. iyyj, 
2 v., Alb. 1861. 

In v. 6-8, the executive and legislative minutes are kept separate, 
the latter at the end of each volume, v. 6 contains also the 
minutes of the council in its judicial capacity 1687-88, and v. 7, 
proceedings of the court of Oyer and Terminer, 1679-85. 

In v. 9-17, 1702-36, the two functions were mingled and the 
minutes printed as legislative have been marked by a pen or pencil 
line in the margin. 

v. 18, 20, 22, 24, 27, 28 and 30 contain only legislative minutes and 
were printed entire, as also some minutes of 1775-76, found in v. 26. 

This set as described in Report of the secretary of state relative to 
the records etc. in his office , 1820, is called Colonial council minutes 
and General entries, 33 v. and includes the 5 volumes of no. 21 
and 22 (excluding indexes). 

24 Commissions. 4 v. 

v. 1 1680, 1683 
v. 2 1686, 1702 
v. 4 1762, 1772 
v. 5 I 75 1 * r 77 ° 

v. 3, containing appointments in French and Indian war is now 
missing. 

v. 6-38 of this series, “Records of commissions,’’ are in the secretary of 
state’s office. 

no. 25-37 

In ho. 25-37 which follow, the books bearing volume numbers 
belonged to a set of 32 volumes called “ Miscellaneous records ” 
mentioned in Report of the secretary of state relative to the records , 
etc. in his office , 1820. 

v. 1 Letters and other documents in Gov. StuyveSant’s time from 
1647 to 1664 (in English) was included in “New York colonial 
mss” v. i—2x when that set was made up about 1850 (see no. 19). 


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25 Orders, warrants, etc. 3V. and indexes 3V. 

v. 2 Orders, warrants, letters, 1665-1669 
v. 3 Warrants, orders, passes, etc. 1674, 1679 
Orders, warrants, etc. 1680 to 1682 

26 Pass book, 1680, 1691. iv. and index iv. 

Numbered 4 

27 Licenses, warrants, etc. 2 v. 

v. 5 1686, 1702 
v. 6 1702, 1712 

28 Treasury warrants. 6 v. 


v. 

7 

Treasury warrants 1702, 1703 

v. 

8 

U 

I 7 ° 5 , 1719 

V. 

9 

U 

1719* * 73 2 

V. 

10 

U 

» 73 L 1745 

V. 

11 

U 

and Indian deeds 1745, 1 

V. 

12 

U 

1762, 1776 


29 Commissioners at Greenwich, Connecticut, 1748 

Numbered 13. 

These commissioners were appointed to reexamine and determine 
the controversy between the colony of Connecticut and the Mohegan 
Indians. 

30 New York city charter, 1730 

Numbered 14. 

31 Colonial precedents, 1739-1747 

Numbered 15. 

32 Warrants of survey ; Licenses to purchase Indian lands; Indian 

deeds and Warrants for patents, etc. 1721-76. 7 v. 

v. 16 Warrants of survey, Indian deeds, etc. 1721, 1732 
v. 17 Licenses, warrants, etc. 1750, 1765 
v. 18 Warrants of survey, 1765, 1769 
v. 20-21 “ 1769, 1776 

v. 22 Warrants to prepare patents, 1753, 1772 
v. 23 Warrants to prepare letters patent, 1772, 1775 


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33 Returns of survey, 1683, 1686 

Numbered 19. 

34 Vermont com’rs, 1797, 1800 

Numbered 24. 

v. 25-27 “ Certificates of election ” 1799-1814 and v. 28 “ Certificates of in¬ 
corporation” are in the secretary of state’s office. 

35 Territorial rights, 1750 

Numbered 29. 

Title page: “Collection of evidence in vindication of the terri¬ 
torial rights and jurisdiction of the state of New York against the 
claims of the commonwealth of Massachusetts and New Hampshire 
and the people of the grants who are commonly called Vermonteers, 
1750-1770.” 

36 Territorial rights, 1808 

Numbered 30. 

Cover bears title: Report of the commissioners under the act 
entitled an Act respecting a claim for the extension of the eastern 
boundary of the state of New Jersey; filed by his excellency 
Daniel D. Tompkins, April 19, 1808. 

Printed in Journal of the senate of the state of New York , 1808, 
p. 51-92. 

37 Military balloting book, 1790, 1794 

Numbered 31. 

Printed under the title : Balloting book and other documents relat¬ 
ing to military bounty lands in the state of New York, Alb. 1825. 

38 Council of appointment, civil & military, A, 1777, 1786. v. 1 

v. 2-14 of this set are in the secretary of state’s office. 

39 Translations from the Dutch, 1638-74. 28V. 

These are translations, by Francis A. Van der Kemp of the Dutch 
records now included in v. 1-21 of “New York colonial mss” (see 
no. 19) and were made in accordance with an act of the legislature 
passed in 1804. Most of the volumes of Dutch records were still in 
Van der Kemp’s hands for translation in 1819. 


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40 Indian traders’bonds, 1765-71. 2v. 

The royal proclamation of Oct. 7, 1763 regulating the trade of 
the Indians, required all persons who wished to go into the Indian 
country to trade, to execute a bond. 

These manuscripts, including about 400 bonds, were arranged and 
bound about 1850 under the supervision of E. B. O’Callaghan. 

41 Marriage bonds, 1672-1784. 41V. 

The first 40 volumes were arranged and bound under the super¬ 
vision of E. B. O’Callaghan about 1850, and are indexed in Names 
of persons for whom marriage licenses were issued by the secretary 
of the province of New York , i860. For index to v. 41 which was 
bound by the state in 1897 see Supplementary list of marriage 
licenses , 1898, printed by the state library as History bulletin 1. 

42 The duke’s laws, 1664 

The state library copy was certified by M. Wren, secretary of the 
duke of York, as “ concordat cum originale.” 

The copy preserved at Easthampton, which differs in some 
respects, is printed in Colonial laws of New York, transmitted to the 
legislature by the commissioners of statutory revision , Alb. 1896, 
1 :6-100; also in Collections of the New York historical society, 
N. Y. 1811, 1 : 305-97. 

43 Dongan’s laws, 1683, 1684 

Containing the acts passed by the first general assembly of the 
province, 1683-84. 

These laws, supplemented by manuscript originals in the secretary 
of state’s office, were printed in Colonial laws of New York , trans¬ 
mitted to the legislature by the commissioners of statutory revision , 

Alb. 1896, 1 : 111-73. 

44 Bills which failed to become laws, 1685-1770, New York provincial 

legislature. 3V. 

45 Minutes of the provincial congress, provincial convention, 

committee of safety and council of safety, 1775-1778. iov. 

These bodies formed the government of the state from 1775 to 
1778, when Gen. George Clinton was elected the first governor. 

The legislature on Ap. 11, 1804 passed an act authorizing the 
governor to procure a copy of the minutes (see no. 48). John 
McKesson who was employed to transcribe them reported the work 


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still in progress Aug. 19, 1819. The minutes were printed with an 
index as v. 1 of Journals of the provincial congress, provincial con- 
vention, committee of safety and council of safety of the state of New 
York, Alb. 1842. 

46 Revolutionary papers, 1775-77. 12 v. 

Printed with an index as v. 2 of Journals of the provincial congress . 
provincial convention, committee of safety and council of safety of the 
state of New York, Alb. 1842. 

47 Papers laid before the provincial congress, 1775-78- 16 v. 

These volumes, numbered 24-39, are lettered as follows: 

24 Credentials of delegates, 1775 

25 Military committees, 1775-78 

26-29 Military returns, 1775-80 

30 Associations and miscellaneous papers, 1775 

31-33 Petitions, 1775-77 

34-39 Miscellaneous papers, 1775-78 

Selections from these papers were arranged in chronologic order 
and printed as Calendar of historical manuscripts relating to the war 
of the revolution in the office of the secretary of state, Albany, N Y, 
2 v., Alb. 1868. 

48 Original drafts of minutes, 1775-78. 6 v. 

Numbered 40-45. 

These consist of from seven to ten thousand documents; minutes 
of the provincial congress, provincial convention, etc. often carried 
from place to place in the pocket of the secretary. They are the 
originals from which the “ Minutes of the provincial congress, etc.” 
(see no. 45) were transcribed by John McKesson under act of Ap. 
11, 1804. 

49 New York military register 

Note on p. 1 reads: “Copy of a register taken from the rolls 
shewing the names alphabetically, rank, dates of commissions and 
enlistments, period enlisted for and occurrences of the officers, non¬ 
commissioned and privates of the New York line of the late army ” 
(revolutionary war) 

Bought by the state in 1828 from Alexander Neely, the compiler, 
by payment of 100 acres of land in Sterling, Cayuga county. 

Rearranged and printed in Documents relative to the colonial 
history of the state of New York, 15 : 163-253. 


LIST OF MANUSCRIPTS 


223 


50 Assembly papers, 1777-1831. 43 v. 

v. 1-13 Miscellaneous, 1777-1831 

v. 14-24 Revolutionary soldiers and claims, 1778-1831 

v. 25-28 Forfeited estates, 1778-1826 

v. 29-31 Estates of deceased persons, 1789-1831 

v. 32-34 Executive messages and correspondence, 1777-1831 

v. 35-36 Attorney-General’s reports, 1794-1829 

v. 37-38 Surveyor-General’s reports, 1795-1829 

v. 39 Comptroller’s reports, 1795-1829 

v. 40-41 Indian affairs, 1783-183T 

v. 42 Colleges and schools, 1777-1831 

v. 43 Corporations, 1780-1831 

These papers were selected in 1831 by the secretary of state from 
the documents on file in the assembly, according to a resolution of 
Ap. 20, 1831. For other assembly papers, transferred under act of 
1859, see no. 10. 

51 Frontiers, miscellaneous, 1794 

Numbered 45. 

Contents: Papers relative to the frontiers; Returns of county 
clerks; Petitions to the legislature; Powers of attorney; Report on 
Neversink navigation company; Report and observations on Onon¬ 
daga salt works. 

52 Onondaga claims. 2 v. 

v. 1 Minutes of claims 
v. 2 Patentees’ names 

53 Index to council minutes, 1664-93. 4 v. 

54 Miscellaneous files, v. 2 

Contents : Papers relating to weights and measures; Executive 
proclamations against Canadian sympathizers; Anti-rent papers; 
Medical certificates filed by graduates; Resignations of office; 
Whaling companies on the Hudson river, and various private 
papers, 1814-51 ; Index. 

55 Miscellaneous files, v. 3 

Contents : Abstracts of Douw Fonda and John Cochrane’s titles 
to lands in the royal grant; Appointments to office; Boundaries of 


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towns; Cession of lands to the United States in 1842; Papers 
relating to the capitol, and order for the transfer of records to 
Albany, 1798; Field book of division line of Schoharie and Dela¬ 
ware counties, etc. 1798-1844; Index. 

56 Miscellaneous files, v. 4 

Contents: Boundary line between New York and Vermont, as 
established in 1813 and 1814; Holland land company papers; 
Report on state lands in Staten Island; Index. 

57 Certificates of treasurer. 11 v. 

Containing names of officers and men of the New York state militia 
who took part in the revolutionary war. The names have been 
arranged and printed as an “Alphabetical roster of the state troops”, 
see Documents relating to the colonial history of the state of New York , 
Alb. 1887, 15: 309-524. 

58 Assistant state agents’ certificates 

Prisoners’ pay rolls (revolutionary war) 

59 Pay roll, New York line, 1781 

60 Manifest books of the New York custom house, 1737-1774. 33 v. 

61 Books of entry of the New York custom house, 1728-69. 10 v. 

62 Shipmasters’ bonds, 1750-66. 7 v. 

63 Beverly Robinson estate 

Account of sales of personal property belonging to Beverly Rob¬ 
inson and other tories, 1777-79. 

64 Proceedings regarding the boundary line between Massachusetts 

and Rhode Island, 1741, 2 

65 Papers relating to the Vermont controversy, 1777-1799 

66 Indian deeds, warrants of survey, 1692, 1714 

Numbered 1. 

67 Indentures of Palatine children, 1710-11 

These manuscripts were arranged and bound about 1850 by E. 
B. O’Callaghan. 


LIST OF MANUSCRIPTS 


225 


68 Payments from the public chest, 1702-1705 

69 Accounts of the treasurer of the province of New York, 1737— 

i75° 

70 Manuscript copies of official papers procured from the archives 

of Holland, France and England by John Romeyn Brodhead as 
agent of the state. 80 v. 

Holland documents, 1611-65 16 v. 

London “ 1614-1782 47 v. 

Paris “ 1631-1762 17 v. 

May 2, 1839 was passed an “ Act to appoint an agent to procure 
and transcribe documents in Europe relating to the colonial history 
of this state.” $4000 was appropriated at that time and additional 
appropriations made in 1842, 1843 and 1845 brought the total cost 
of procuring these documents above $13,000. 

For Brodhead’s account of his work see the following: Report , 
the Hague, Oct. 25, 1841 (Senate doc. 1842, no. 2, p. 145-48); 
Communication from Paris , 12 July 1842 (Senate doc. 1842, no. 
106, doc. C, p. 29-113); Communication to the governor, London, 
Dec. 3, 1842 (Senate doc. 1843, no. 2, p. 3-4); Address delivered 
before the New York historical society at its 40th anniversary, 20th 
Nov. 1844, N. Y. 1844; Final report 12th Feb. 1843, Alb. 1845. 
The Final report is also printed as Senate doc. 1845, no. 47. 

These 80 manuscript volumes were published with a complete in¬ 
dex as v. i-ii of Documents relative to the colonial history of the 
state of New York , Alb. 1853-61. The documents in Dutch and 
French were translated and the whole series edited by E. B. 
O’Callaghan. 

1883 

See no. 7 under 1853 


1884 

See also no. 72 under 1887 

71 D. D. Tompkins papers. 15 v. 

These papers of Gov. Tompkins cover the period of the war with 
England in 1812-15 and throw much light on the history of the 
state in this war. There are 15 bound volumes besides a quantity 
of loose papers and letters sufficient to make as many more volumes 


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when arranged. They were bought from the heirs of Gov. Tomp¬ 
kins for $5000. See the paper by H. A. Homes, “On the corre¬ 
spondence of Gov. D. D. Tompkins (1808-1824) lately acquired by 
the state, with some notes on his life,” printed in Transactions of the 
Albany institute , 1887, 11: 223-40. 

A chronologic list of v. 5-10 (“ Letters received, v. A-F”) has 
been printed under the title List of letters received by the late 
Gov. Tompkins between the years 1807 and 1817. 

v. n-13, which are devoted exclusively to military subjects from 
1800 to 1816, are printed entire by the state historian as Public 
papers of Daniel D. Tompkins, governor of New York, 1807-17; 
Military , v. 1 , Alb. 1898. 


1887 

72 Usselincx manuscripts, 1606-46. 3 V. 

The papers in v. 1 and 3 were bought in 1887 from J. F. Jameson 
of Baltimore for $45 and bound in the library; those in v. 2 were 
bought in 1884 of Henry C. Murphy for $75. 

Willem Usselincx, an exile from Belgium, was preeminent among 
the founders of the Dutch East and West India companies. There 
are 50 printed publications from his pen from 1606 to 1644, nearly 
all of them having reference to the establishment and success of 
these companies. 

For a list of unpublished writings of Usselincx, nearly all of which 
are in this collection, see Papers of the American historical asso¬ 
ciation, 1888, 2: 213-20. This list was compiled by J. F. Jameson. 

1888 

73 French papers 

These consist of about 2000 folio pages of manuscript copied 
from the archives of France for the state library, $800 having been 
appropriated by the legislature May 9, 1888 for this purpose. This 
collection contains papers on the early French settlements in Canada 
and Louisiana; the discovery of the mouth of the Mississippi 
river; the expedition to Darien in 1698; the French colonies in 
America in 1720; also journal of John Paul Jones in the revolu¬ 
tionary war; the squadron of Count d’Estaing in the same war; 
letters of Washington, Lafayette, Baron de Kalb and others during 
the same period and other historical matters relating to America. 



LIST OF MANUSCRIPTS 


227 


For partial list of these papers, see Annual report of the New York 
state library , 1889, v. 71, pref. p. 13-14. 

1894 

74 Suffolk county regiment, 1776 

Title page : “ Official copy of military papers of Col. Josiah 
Smith of the town of Brookhaven, Suffolk co. Long Island; being 
the returns of the companies forming the Suffolk county regiment 
of minute men 1776; which papers are owned by the lineal descend¬ 
ants of Col. Smith; and now by John Conklin Havens of East 
Moriches loaned to the state library for the purpose of being copied 
by George Rogers Howell, archivist, Oct. 1, 1894.” 

75 Visitors’ register New York state building, World’s Columbian 

exposition, Jackson park, Chicago, Ill., 1893. 2 v. 

Miscellaneous dates 

76 Manuscripts, miscellaneous. 13 v. 

These volumes were made up in the library from manuscripts 
added at various times. 

77 Commissions, military and civil 

This volume contains original military commissions in the revolu¬ 
tionary war, bearing the state arms. 

78 Census 

About 650 volumes of the state census reports, being the original 
work of the state enumerators, in folio, 1801-92, the earlier volumes 
incomplete. These volumes were placed in the state library by the 
different secretaries of state. 

79 Register, state capitol. 9 v. 

Contains signatures of visitors to the capitol, 1883-94. These 
volumes were placed in the library by the superintendent of the 
capitol. 


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PARTIAL BIBLIOGRAPHY 

OF 

MATTER RELATING TO THE MANUSCRIPTS 

IN THE NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY 

COMPILED BY 

Charles A. Flagg 

A large number of the manuscripts now in the state library were in 
the offices of the secretary of state and comptroller till transferred 
according to New York laws of 1881, ch. 120. 

The entries in the following list are arranged chronologically. Call 
numbers are given for books in the state library. 

N. Y. (province) — Secretary. Manuscript list of books in the 
secretary’s office, 1772. (see “ New York colonial mss ” 99:44) 

Manuscript room 

N. Y. (state) — State, Secretary of. “Annalium thesaurus.” 

Manuscript volume in the office of the secretary of state, containing 
a history of the New York state records. This volume was compiled in 
1818 by J. V. N. Yates. 

-Report relative to the records &c. in his office. 43P. (Senate 

doc. 1820. no. 2) Law library 

Also in Senate journal, 1820, 49:13-51. This report contains a “ Catalogue 
of the records in the office of the secretary of the state of New York on the 
first day of Jan. 1820.” 

-Report relative to the execution of the duty assigned him by a 

resolution of the assembly of Ap. 20, 1830. i2p. (Assembly doc. 

1832. no. 302) Law library 

On the selection of the documents contained in the 43 volumes of “As¬ 
sembly papers, 1777-1831 ” (see no. 50 of previous list) and on their transfer 
to the office of the secretary of state. 

Brodhead, John Romeyn. Reports on his work as agent to procure 
and transcribe documents in Europe relative to the colonial history 
of the state. 

Report, [the Hague, Oct. 25, 1841] (Senate doc. 1842. no. 2. 
p. 145-48) Law library 

Communication from Paris, 12 July 1842 (Senate doc. 1842. 

no. 106. doc. C. p. 29-113) Law library 

Communication to the governor [London, Dec. 3, 1842] (Senate 
doc. 1843. no. 2. p. 3-4) Law library 

Final report, 12th Feb 1845. Alb. 1845. 016.9747 B78 

Also in Senate doc. 1845, no. 47. 


LIST OF MANUSCRIPTS 


229 


Brodhead, John Romeyn. Address delivered before the New York 
historical society at its 40th anniversary, 20th Nov. 1844. N. Y. 
1844. 974-7 B782 

Describes his work iu transcribing European documents. 

N. Y. (state) — Colonial history of the state, Committee on. 

Report of the select committee on so much of the governor’s mes¬ 
sage as relates to the colonial history of the state, up. (Senate 
doc. 1844. no. 42) Law library 

N. Y. (state) — Colonial agency, Committee on. Report. i6p, 
(Senate doc. 1845. no. m) Law library 

N. Y. (state)—State, Secretary of. Communication in relation to 
the manuscript documents in his possession concerning the colonial 
history of this state and recommending their printing. 4p. (As¬ 
sembly doc. 1849. no. 188) Law library 

N. Y. (state)—University. Catalogue of historical papers and 
parchments received from the office of the secretary of state and 
deposited in the New York state library, made by the regents of the 
University Feb. 13, 1849. 55 P* Alb. 1849. 016.9747 N42 

Also in Assembly doc. 1849, no. 148. 

N. Y. (state)—Legislature. Act to provide for the publishing of 
certain documents relating to the colonial history of the state, 
(see N. Y. (state)—Legislature. Laws. 1849. p. 236-37) 

Law library 

N. Y. (state) — Library. Manuscripts received from the office of the 
secretary of state and deposited in the state library in pursuance of 
a joint resolution of the senate and assembly passed Dec. 15, 1847. 
(see N. Y. (state) — Library. Catalogue. 1850. p. 1021-54) 

027.5747 N42 V.32, 

N. Y. (state) — State, Secretary of. Communication from the 
governor and secretary of state in answer to a resolution of the 
assembly. 3p. (Assembly doc. 1851. no. 66) Law library 

Relates to the preparation for printing the Documents relative to the 
colonial history of the state of New York. 


230 


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N. Y. (state) —Comptroller. Reply in answer to a resolution of the 
senate adopted Jan. 17, 1853, in relation to the expenses of the. 
Colonial history, etc. i4p. (Senate doc. 1853. no. 24) 

Law library 

Including report by E. B. O’Callaghan on binding and preparing various 
manuscripts. 

N. Y. (state) — State, Secretary of. Communication in answer to 
resolutions requiring information in relation to the Documentary 
history. 64P. (Assembly doc. 1854. no. 136) Law library 

N. Y. (state) — Library. List of manuscripts added to the New 
York state library from Jan. 1, 1850 to Jan. 1, 1855. (see N. Y. 
(state) — Library. Annual report. 1855. 38:78-83) 

027.5747 N42 

N. Y. (state) — State, Secretary of. Report relative to printing 
the Documentary and colonial history. 4p. (Assembly doc. 1857. 
no. 134) Law library 

N. Y. (state) — University. Report of the regents on the concurrent 
resolutions of Ap. 1, 1856. 2p. (Senate doc. 1857. no. 154) 

Law library 

On original senate journals and other papers formerly in hands of 
A. B. Bancker and obtained by state. See no. 9 of previous list. 

N. Y. (state)—Library. Catalogue of the New York state library, 
1856; maps, manuscripts, engravings, coins, etc. Alb. 1857. 

016.912 qN42 

Manuscripts, p. 93-113. 

N. Y. (state) — State, Secretary of. Communication relative to 
historical manuscripts and records in his office. 6p. (Senate doc. 
1864. no. 46) Law library 

- Calendar of historical manuscripts in the office of the secretary 

of state; ed. by E. B. O’Callaghan. 2v. Alb. 1865-66. 

974.7 qN42 4 

Contents: v. 1, Dutch manuscripts, 1630-64; v. 2 English manuscripts, 
1664-1776. 

These manuscripts were transferred to the state library, 1881. 


LIST OF MANUSCRIPTS 


2 3 I 


N. Y. (state) — State, Secretary of. List of books and papers in the 
office of the secretary of state. 8p. Alb. 1866. 016.091 qN42 

Reprinted from Calendar of historical manuscripts in the office of the 
secretary of state, v. 2, pref. p. 9-14. 

- Calendar of historical manuscripts relating to the war of the 

revolution. 2 v. Alb. 1868. 973-3 qN42 

This work is not a calendar but gives the full text of a portion of no. 47 
of the previous list. 

The manuscripts were transferred to the state library, 1881. 

N. Y. (state) — Library. List of memorial relics of George "Wash¬ 
ington, with descriptive notes, (see N. Y. (state)—Library. An¬ 
nual report. 1874. 56: 139-46) 027.5747 N42 

- Catalogue of manuscripts in the library, supplementary to the 

printed list of 1856. (see N. Y. (state) — Library. Annual 
report. 1874. 56:115-38) 027.5747 N42 

Homes, Henry Augustus. Account of the manuscripts of Gen. 
Dearborn as Massachusetts commissioner in 1838 and 1839 for the 
sale of the Seneca Indian lands in the state of New York; read 
before the Albany institute Oct. 12th, 1880. up. Alb. 1881. 

N. Y. (state) — Historical records, Custodian of. General state¬ 
ment of material contained in manuscripts transferred to the state 
library from the office of the secretary of state, pursuant to laws of 
1881, ch. 120; [by Berthold Fernow]. (see N. Y. (state) — Library. 
Annual report. 1882. 64:11-15) 027.5747 N42 

Clinton, George William. Report on the George Clinton papers, 
(see N. Y. (state)—Library. Annual report. 1882, 64:145-48; 
1883,65 : 10-14; 1884,66 : 15-21 ; 1885, 67 : 19-31) 027.5747 N42 

N. Y. (state) — Historical records, Custodian of. Report on 
historical documents; [by Berthold Fernow], (see N. Y. (state) — 
Library. Annual report. 1884. 66:23-24) 027.5747 N42 

Fernow, Berthold. Critical essay on the sources of information [relat¬ 
ing to New Netherland] (see Winsor, Justin, ed. Narrative and critical 
history of America. c i 884-89. 4:409-38) 973 qW73 




232 


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Schuyler, George Washington. [Description of state archives 
(see his Colonial New York. 1885. v. 1, pref. p. 4-10) 

974.7 Sch 8 

Fernow, Berthold. Manuscript sources of New York history, (see 
Winsor, Justin, ed. Narrative and critical history of America. <>1884- 
8 9 - 5 : * 3 '~ 33 ) 97 3 q w 73 

Homes, Henry Augustus. On the correspondence of Governor 
D. D. Tompkins (1808-1824) lately acquired by the state; with 
some notes on his life, (see Albany institute. Transactions. 1887 
11:223-40) 061 

N. Y. (state) — Library. [List of copies of manuscript in the 
National library at Paris and the national archives of the French 
government, procured in 1888]. (see N. Y. (state) — Library. 
Annual report. 1889. v. 7 r, pref. p. 13-14) 027.5747 N42 

Besides the 50 copies mentioned in list, about 30 others were procured. 

Fernow, Berthold. Archives of the state of New York, (see New 
York genealogical and biographical record. 1889. 20 : 106-13) 

929.1 qN42i 

Winsor, Justin. [Archives of] New York, (see his Narrative and 
critical history of America. c i 884-89. 8:444-48) 973 qW73 

N. Y. (state) — Archivist. [Report by G. R. Howell.] (see N. Y. 
(state) — Library. Annual report. 1891, 73:27; 1892, 74:21; 
i8 93> 75 : 20-24; 1895,77:13-14; 1896,78:10-11; 1897,79:13- 
14; 1898, 80: 18-19; 1899, 81: 29-30) 027.5747 N42 

Jameson, John Franklin. List of printed guides to and descriptions 
of archives and other repositories of historical manuscripts, (see 
American historical association— Historical manuscripts commission. 
Annual report. 1896. 1:481-512) 973 Am37 

New York archives, p. 489-91. A supplementary list is included in the 
Third annual report of the historical manuscripts commission of the American 
historical association (in press) for which the part relating to New York 
archives was contributed by Henry Harmon Noble. 


INDEX 


The superior figures tell the exact place ou the page in ninths; e. g. 216 3 
means page 216 beginning in the third ninth of the page, i. e. about one third of 
the way down. Dates are printed in italics. 


Albany, Fort Orange records, 216 4 ; 
order for transfer of records to, 1798 , 
2241. 

Albany committee of correspondence, 
Proceedings, 209 8 . 

Albany records, Van der Kemp’s trans¬ 
lations, 220 8 . 

Allen, Ethan, papers, 214 5 . 

Allen, Ira, papers, 314 6 . 

Andrd papers, 211 7 . 

Annalium thesaurus, 228 4 . 

Anti-rent papers, 223 8 . 

Appointments to office, 223 9 . 

Archives, see Manuscripts. 

Archivist, state, report, 232 6 . 

Assembly, journals, 212 7 -13 2 ; 
acts passed by first, 221 6 ; papers, 
2231, 228 6 . 

Attoruey-General’s reports, 223 2 . 

Balloting book, military, 220 6 . 

Baneker papers, 212 1 , 230 6 . 

Bibliography of manuscripts, 228-32. 

Bills which failed to become laws, New 
York provincial legislature, 221 8 . 

Boundaries, of New York, disputes 
over, 216 2 , 220 4 , 224 2 ; of towns, 223 9 . 

Brodhead, J. R., European manu¬ 
scripts procured by, 225 2 ; reports, 

228 7 -29h 

Calendar of historical manuscripts in 
office of secretary of state, 215 9 , 230 8 . 

Calendar of historical manuscripts re¬ 
lating to the revolution, 222 3 , 231 2 . 


Canada, early French settlements, 226 8 . 

Canadian sympathizers, executive 
proclamations against, 223 8 . 

Capitol, papers relating to, 224 1 ; 
register of visitors, 227 8 . 

Census reports, 227 6 . 

Centennial-exhibition, register of New 
York visitors, 215 3 . 

Charter, of state, original, 210 1 ; of New 
York city, 219 7 . 

Civil commissions, 227 5 . 

Clinton, G. W., arrangement of Clinton 
manuscripts, 211 4 ; report on Clinton 
papers, 231 7 . 

Cliuton papers, 211 1 , 231 7 . 

Cochrane, John, titles to lands, 223 9 . 

Colleges and schools, 223 3 . 

Colonial assembly, see Assembly. 

Colonial history, see Documents rela¬ 
tive to the colonial history of the state 
of New YorTc. 

Colonial laws, 209 9 , 221 7 . 

Colonial manuscripts, see New York 
colonial manuscripts. 

Colonial precedents, 219 7 . 

Commissioners at Greenwich, Ct., 
2195. 

Commissioners for detecting conspira¬ 
cies, minutes of, 210 2 . 

Commissions, military and civil, 218 6 , 
2275. 

Committee of safety, minutes, 221 8 - 

22 2 , 222 «. 

Comptroller, manuscripts transferred 
to state library by, 215 4 -25 7 ; reports^ 





234 


NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY 


Comptroller, ( continued ) 

223 3 ; on expenses of Documents 
relative to the colonial history of the 
state of Neic York, 230 1 . 

Connecticut and Mobcgan Indians, 
controversy, 219 6 . 

Conspiracies, minutes of commission¬ 
ers for detecting, 2I0 2 . 

Corporations, 223 3 . 

Council (Dutch), minutes, 216 3 . 

Council (English), minutes, 218 1 ; in¬ 
dex to, 223 7 . 

Council of appointment, 220 7 . 

Couucil of safety, minutes, 22i 8 -22 2 , 
2226. 

County clerks, returns, 223 5 . 

Court of assize, 217 9 . 

Cumberland county, 214 5 . See also 
Vermont. 

Curasao papers, 216 4 . 

Darien, expedition to, 226 8 . 

Dearborn’s mission to Senecas and 
Tuscaroras, 214 9 -15 2 , 23I 5 . 

Declaration of independence, signers, 
2135. 

D’Estaing, Count, squadron in revolu¬ 
tionary war, 226 9 . 

Delaware and Schoharie counties, di¬ 
vision line, 224 1 . 

Delaware papers, 216 5 . 

Director-general, correspondence, 216 4 . 

Documentary history of the state of Neiv 
York, Sir William Johnson papers, 
210 7 ; English manuscript* in, 216 9 . 

Documents relative to the colonial his¬ 
tory of the stale of New York, act to 
provide for publishing, 229®; Broil- 
head’s work on, 225 2 , 228 7 -29 2 ; re¬ 
ports of committees relating to, 229 2 ; 
communications from secretary of 
state relatiug to, 229 4 , 229 9 , 230 3 , 
230 5 ; expenses of preparing, 230 1 ; 
English manuscripts in, 216 9 ; 
military register printed in, 222 9 ; 
roster of state troops, 224 4 . 

Dongan’s laws, 221 6 . 


Duke’s laws, 221 4 . 

Dutch, translations from, 220 8 . 

Dutch manuscripts, 216 2 . 

Dutch patents, 217 4 . 

Emancipation proclamation, 213 2 . 

English manuscripts in New York 
colonial manuscripts, 216 8 -17 4 . 

Estates, 223 2 . 

European documents, transcribing, 
225 3 , 2291. 

Executive messages and correspond¬ 
ence, 223 2 . 

Fernow, Bertbold, on manuscripts 
transferred to state library, 231®; 
report on historical documents, 23I 8 ; 
on sources of information relating to 
New Netherland, 231 9 ; manuscript 
sources of New York history, 232 2 ; 
archives of state of New York, 232®. 

Flagg, C. A., Partial bibliography of 
manuscripts in New York state li¬ 
brary, 228-32. 

Fonda, Douw, titles to lands, 223 9 . 

Forfeited estates, 223 2 . 

Fort Orange records, 216 4 . 

French and Indian wars, papers relat¬ 
ing to, 210 4 , 214®; muste* rolls, 217 4 . 

French colonies in America, 226 8 . 

French papers, 226 7 —27 1 ; list of, 232 4 . 

Frontiers, papers relating to, 223®. 

General assembly, see Assembly. 

General entries, 217 7 . 

Gloucester county, 214®. See also Ver¬ 
mont. 

Greenwich (Ct.),commissioners at, 219®. 

Historical manuscripts, calendar, see 
Calendar of historical manuscripts. 

Historical records, Custodian of, report 
011 manuscripts, 231®, 231 8 . 

Holland documents, 225 3 . 

Holland land company papers, 224 2 . 

Homes, H. A., Accouut of manuscripts 
of Gen. Dearborn, 231®; ou corre¬ 
spondence of Gov. Tompkins, 232 3 . 




INDEX 


2 35 


Howell, Gr. R., reports, 232®. 

Hudson river, whaling companies on, 
2238. 

Indian affairs, 223 3 . 

Indian lauds, deeds of, 219 5 , 219 8 , 224 8 ; 
licenses to purchase, 219 8 . 

Indian traders’ bonds, 221 1 . 

Jameson, J. F., New York archives, 
232 8 . 

Jenison papers, 214 6 . 

Johnson, Sir William, manuscripts, 
210 4 ; papers in New York colonial 
manuscripts, 210 7 . 

Jones, John Paul, journal, 226 9 . 

Kalb, Baron de, letters, 226 9 . 

Lafayette letters, 226 9 . 

Land papers, in Clinton manuscripts, 
211 3 ; in Senate papers, 212 1 ; in 
Stevens’s papers,214®; in miscellane¬ 
ous files, 223 9 -24 1 . 

Land patents, 1680 - 1751 ,original drafts, 
214 7 ; Dutch, 1636 - 64 , 217 4 ; warrants 
for, 1721 - 76 , 219 8 . 

Laws, colonial, 209 9 , 221 7 ; Duke’s laws, 
221 4 ; Dongan’s laws, 221 6 . 

Laics and ordinances of Neic Netherlands, 
216 7 . 

Legislative council, see Council. 

Legislature, papers, 212 1 ; provincial, 
bills which failed to become lajvs, 
221 8 ; petitions to, 223 5 ; publication 
of documents relating to colonial 
history, 229 6 . See also Assembly; 
Council; Council of appointment; 
Provincial congress; Senate. 

Licenses, 219 3 . 

Line, New York, in revolution, 222 8 , 
224 5 ; bounty lands, 220 6 . 

Loudon documents, 225 3 . 

Louisiana, early French settlements, 
226 8 . 

McKesson, John, transcribing minutes 
of provincial congress, 221 9 -22 1 , 222®, 


Manuscripts, repoit on, by Berthold 
Fernow, 231 8 , 232 2 ; procured at 
Paris 1888 , list of, 232 4 ; 

in secretary of state’s office; re¬ 
port on, 1772 , 228 4 ; in 1818 , 228 4 ; in 
1820 , 228 s ; in 1864 , 230 8 ; calendars, 
1866 , 230 9 -31 3 ; 

in state library; transferred from 
secretary of state’s office; 215 4 -25 7 , 
229®, 229 7 , 231 3 , 231®; additions 1830 - 
33 , 230 3 ; catalogue 1836 , 230®; sup¬ 
plementary catalogue, 1874 , 231 4 . 

Marriage bonds, 221 3 . 

Massachusetts and New York, bound¬ 
ary papers, 216 2 , 220 4 . 

Massachusetts and Rhode Island, 
boundary line, 224 7 . 

Medical certificates, filed by graduates, 
223 8 . 

Military balloting book, 220®. 

Military commissions, 217 3 , 227®. 

Military papers, revolutionary records 
in Clinton papers, 211 1 ; state troops 
in the revolution, 222 8 , 224 3 ; Suffolk 
county regiment, 227 2 . 

Military register, 222 8 . 

Minutes of commissioners for detect¬ 
ing conspiracies, 210 2 . 

Minutes of the provincial congress, 
2218-22 2 , 222®. 

Miscellaneous files, 223 7 -24 3 . 

Miscellaneous manuscripts, 227®. 

Miscellaneous records, 218 8 . 

Mississippi river, papers on discovery, 
2268. 

Mohawk valley, Sir William Johnson’s 
manuscripts, 210 4 . 

Mohegan and Connecticut Indians, 
controversy between, 219®. 

Muster rolls, colonial, 217 3 . See also 
Military papers. 

Neely, Alexander, compiler of New 
York military register, 222 9 . 

Neversink navigation company, report 
on, 223®. 

New Hampshire, land claims, 214®, 

220 4 . 



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New Jersey, boundary, 220 5 . 

New Netherland, sources of information 
relating to, by Berthold Fernow, 
2319. 

New York, original charter, 210 1 ; dis¬ 
putes over boundary line, 216 2 , 220 4 , 
2242. 

New York city, charter, 219 6 . 

New York colonial manuscripts, 215®- 
17 4 ; calendar, 215 9 , 230 s ; translations 
of Dutch documents, 220 8 . 

New York custom house, books of en¬ 
try, 224 5 ; manifest books, 224 5 . 

New York military register, 222 8 . 

Noble, II. H., on New York archives, 
2329. 

O’Callaghan, E. B., editor of Docu¬ 
ments relating to colonial history of 
New York, 225 7 , 230 2 ; work on Dutch 
manuscripts, 216 5 ; arrangement of 
Indian traders’ bonds, 221 1 ; arrange¬ 
ment of manuscripts on Indentures 
of Palatine children, 224 9 ; work 01 
Johnson’s manuscripts, 210 5 ; trans¬ 
lator of Laws and ordinances of New 
Netherland, 216 7 j supervision of work 
on Marriage bouds, 221 s : work on 
New York Colonial manuscripts, 215 8 , 
217 6 , 230 8 ; report on binding and 
preparing various manuscripts, 230 2 . 

Onondaga claims, 223®. 

Onondaga salt works, report and obser¬ 
vations on, 223 s . 

Orders, 219L 

Palatine children, indentures, 224 9 . 

Paris, manuscripts procured at, 1888 , 
232 4 . 

Paris documents, 225 s . 

Pass book, 219 2 . 

Patents, see Laud patents. 

Pay roll, New York line, 224 5 . 

Payments from public chest, 225 1 . 

Philadelphia centennial exhibition, 
register of New York visitors, 215 s . 

Precedents, colonial, 219 7 . 

Prisoners’ payrolls, revolutionary war, 
224 4 . 


Provincial congress, minutes, 221 8 -22 2 , 
222®; papers laid before, 222 3 , 231 2 . 

Provincial convention, minutes, 221 8 - 

22 2 , 222 ®. 

Regents, catalogue of historical manu¬ 
scripts, 229 5 ; report on Bancker 
papers, 230 5 . 

Resignations of office, 223 8 . 

Returns of survey, 220 1 . 

Revolution, papers relating to, 222 2 ; 
Albany committee of correspondence, 
Proceedings, 209 8 ; Andrd papers 211 7 ; 
Calendar of historical manuscripts, 
231 2 ; Clinton papers, 211 1 ; French 
papers, 226 9 ; military commissions, 
227®; military register, 222 s ; minutes 
of commissioners for detecting con¬ 
spiracies, 210 2 ; minutes of provin¬ 
cial congress, 22I s —22 2 ; papers laid 
before provincial congress, 222 s ; pay 
roll N. Y. line, 224 s ; prisoners’ pay 
rolls, 224 4 ; certificates of treasurer, 
224 3 ; Sir William Johnson’s manu¬ 
scripts, 210 4 ; soldiers aud claims, in 
assembly papers, lyyy-iSji, 223 1 ; 
Suffolk county regiment, 227 2 . 

Rhode Island and Massachusetts, 
boundary line, 224 7 . 

Robiuson, Beverly, estate, 224®. 

Schoharie and Delaware county, di¬ 
vision line, 224 1 . 

Schuyler, G. W., description of state 
archives, 232b 

Secretary, provincial; register, 216 3 ; 
mauuscript list of books in office, 
228 3 . 

Secretary of state, transfer of manu¬ 
scripts in office to state library, 215 4 - 
25 7 , 229®, 229 7 , 231 3 , 231®; reports on 
manuscripts, 228 4 ; preparation of 
Documents relative to colonial history 
of state of N. Y., 229 4 , 2299, 230 3 , 
230 5 ; on historical manuscripts and 
records io office, 230 7 ; list of books 
and papers in office, 1866 , 231 1 . 

Senate papers, 212 1 , 230®. 




INDEX 


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Senecas, Dearborn’s mission to, 214 9 - 
152. 

Shipmasters’ bonds, 224 6 . 

Signers of the Declaration of inde¬ 
pendence, 213 5 . 

Smith, Col. Josiah, military papers, 
2272. 

State, Secretary of, see Secretary of 
state. 

State agents’ certificates, 224*. 

State library, manuscripts transferred 
to from office of secretary of state 
and comptroller, 215 4 -25 7 , 229 5 , 229 7 , 
231 3 , 231 6 ; list of manuscripts added, 
1 & 50 -JS, 230 3 ; catalogue of manu¬ 
scripts 1857 , 230 6 ; supplementary 
catalogue 1874 , 231 4 ; list of Wash¬ 
ington relics, 231 3 ; list of manuscripts 
procured at Paris, 1888 , 232 4 , 

Staten Island, state lands, 224 2 . 

Stevens papers, 214 5 . 

Suffolk county regiment, 227 2 . 

Survey, warrants of, 219 8 ; returns of, 

2201. 

Surveyor-General’s reports, 223 3 . 

Susquehanna lands, papers relating to, 
2145. 

Territorial rights, 220 3 . 

Tichenor papers, 214 6 . 

Tompkin’s papers, 225 9 -26 3 , 232 3 . 

Tories’ estates, 224 7 . 

Translations from the Dutch, 220 8 . 

Treasurer,certificates of, 224 3 ; accounts 
of, I737SO, 2251. 

Treasury warrants, 219 4 . 


Tuscaroras, Dearborn’s mission to, 
214 9 -152. 

United States, cession of lauds to, 

2241. 

University of the State of New York, 
catalogue of historical papers and 
parchments, 229 5 ; report on Bancker 
papers, 230 5 . 

Usselincx manuscripts, 226 4 . 

Vander Kemp, Francis A., transla¬ 
tions from the Dutch, 220 8 . 

Vermont, boundary line established, 

2242. 

Vermont controversy, 220 2 , 224 8 . 
Vermont papers, 214 5 . 

War of 1812 , Stevens papers, 214 5 ; 

Tompkins papers, 225 9 -26 3 . 

Warrants, 219 1 . 

Warrants of survey, 219 8 . 

Washington letters, 226 9 . 

Washington relics, 213 8 -14 4 ; list of, 
231 3 . 

Weights and measures, papers relating 
to, 223 8 . 

Westerlo’s manuscripts, 210 9 . 

Whaling companies on Hudson river, 
223 8 . 

Winsor, Justin, on archives of New 
York, 2326. 

World’s Columbian exposition, visit¬ 
or’s register, New York state build¬ 
ing, 227 4 . 

York, duke of, charter granted to, 210 1 ; 
laws established by, 221 4 . 

















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